Tag Archives: hate crimes

ONTARIO: Cops Make Arrest In Brutal Gaybashing, Another Suspect Sought

Windsor police have arrested one man and are seeking another (LEFT) in the brutal beating and robbery of a 26 year-old gay man. Stephen Lambert, 45, of no fixed address, is in custody facing a spate of charges in connection with the attack on Chris Rabideau, 26, who suffered a concussion, a broken nose, a blackened right eye, bloody lips …

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Police Arrest Four Men In Bizarre Hate Crime Assault On 14 Year-Old Boy

Police in Concord, New Hampshire have arrested four men for assaulting a mentally challenged 14 year-old boy and tattooing male genitalia and the words “poop dick” on his buttocks. Police say a 15 year-old high school student will also be charged. Two of the men arrested yesterday have connections to white supremacy, prosecutors said. One of them also threatened to …

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PUERTO RICO: Parents React To Guilty Plea From Gay Son’s Killer

Activist Pedro Julio Serrano and the parents of murdered gay teen Jorge Mercado spoke to the local news after their son’s killer plead guilty. You don’t have to speak one word of Spanish to be moved by this.

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PUERTO RICO: Guilty Plea In Murder Of Gay Teen Jorge Mercado

Juan José Martínez Matos has pleaded guilty to the murder of gay Puerto Rican teenager Jorge Mercado (left), whose decapitated and burned body was found by a roadside last November. Mercado’s murder caused an international outcry and forced activists to pressure the federal government to ensure that the case was prosecuted as a hate crime by Puerto Rican authorities. Michael …

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Rep. Louis Gohmert: Skimpy Beauty Pageant Outfits Lead To Economic Chaos!

“And if a guy was to dress like that, he’s covered under the Hate Crimes Act.” Uh, what?

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Mistrial For Second Defendant In Brooklyn’s Brutal Anti-Gay Murder Trial

The judge has declared a mistrial in the case of Keith Phoenix, who was on trial for the anti-gay, anti-Hispanic murder of Ecuadorean immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay. According to Phoenix’s lawyer, the jury was deadlocked over convicting him of murder or manslaughter. The victim was beaten to death with a metal baseball bat in Brooklyn in late 2008 after Phoenix and …

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Sean Chapin – This Is Not A Hate Crime

JMG reader Sean Chapin reacts to yesterday’s “not a hate crime” verdict in Brooklyn. Watch this. WATCH THIS.

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OUTRAGE: Hate Crimes Charges Dismissed In Brooklyn Murder Of Jose Suzuchanay

Unbelievable. Hakim Scott, on trial for the brutal 2008 murder of Ecuadorean immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay, has been convicted of manslaughter only. The jury dismissed the hate crimes charge, despite overwhelming evidence that Scott and his accomplice screamed anti-gay and anti-Hispanic epithets as they beat Sucuzhanay to death with a metal baseball bat. The second jury is still deliberating the case …

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KENTUCKY: Judge Reduces Charges In Attack Against Lesbian Teen

Saying there is not enough evidence to support felony charges, a judge in Kentucky has reduced the attempted murder charges against two teenage girls who have been accused of trying to throw a lesbian classmate off a cliff. After a hearing Thursday, District Judge Henria Bailey-Lewis reduced the charges against Ashley Sams and Corinne Schwab to fourth-degree assault and menacing, …

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KENTUCKY: Defense Lawyers Claim Murder Attempt Was Staged Prank

Lawyers for the three Kentucky girls charged with attempting to murder a lesbian classmate are claiming that the entire incident was a staged prank with the full participation of the victim. Cheyenne Williams, 18, and supporters have said that on April 16, three girls with whom she’d been friends for years took her against her will to picturesque Flat Lick …

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Florida Man Accused Of Murdering Daughter’s Girlfriend

A Lakeland, Florida man has been arrested for murdering his daughter’s girlfriend. Friends of the victim say he was angry at her for “leading” his daughter into a lesbian relationship. Jerry Lee Seger, an enraged father who allegedly blamed 24-year-old Courtney Bright for leading his daughter down what he felt was the wrong path – including a three-year lesbian affair …

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SAN FRANCISCO: Anti-Gay BB Gun Attackers Sentenced To Six Months

The three Bay Area cousins who went on a San Francisco BB-gun shooting spree in February have been sentenced to six months in county jail. The three had targeted men who appeared to be gay. Mohammad Habibzada, 24, Shafiq Hashemi, 21, and Sayed Bassam, 21, also will be on probation for three years and must complete as much as 400 …

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Tonight: Protest At Ohio’s Miami University After Assault At Gay Fundraiser

Miami University junior Ben Collings says he and his boyfriend were assaulted after objecting to anti-gay comments he heard while attending a Gay/Straight Alliance fundraiser held at an off campus bar. Police are saying Collings initiated the fight. Collings said that when he was in the restroom, he overheard others using derogatory words for homosexuals. Things got heated after that, …

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Day Of Anti-Gay Truth: Three Kentucky Girls Charged With Kidnapping And Attempted Murder Of Lesbian Classmate

Three high school girls in Kentucky have been charged with kidnapping and attempting to murder an openly lesbian classmate by pushing her off of a cliff. The attack took place on the Day Of Silence, which some students at the school observed as the anti-gay Day Of Truth, as instructed by Christian hate groups. Cheyenne Williams, 18, of McKee, signed …

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Trial Underway In Brooklyn Anti-Gay Hate Crime Murder Case

In December 2008, Ecuadorian immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay (left) was brutally beaten to death with a baseball bat by two men who mistakenly thought that Sucuzhanay and his brother were gay lovers. The case gained international attention and brought together LGBT and immigrant right groups for massive protests at the scene of the murder in Brooklyn. The two murderers are now …

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Burned Rainbow Flag Hung Outside Of NYC LGBT Community Center

Staffers at the NYC LGBT Community Center in Manhattan’s West Village found a burned and torn rainbow flag affixed to their front wall this morning. Executive director Glennda Testone: “This morning our building staff arrived and discovered a burned rainbow flag hanging on one of the poster display cases outside our building. We called the NYPD, and they immediately dispatched …

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HOUSTON: Arson Destroys Gay Church

The Houston Fire Department has determined that the fire that destroyed a small gay-friendly church on Friday was deliberately set. The intense blaze was spotted a little after 11 p.m. The church, a small wooden building near Beltway 8 and I-45 South, was immediately engulfed. The remnants have since been torn down. The church’s website says “We welcome people of …

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Stars Give A Damn About Hate Crimes

True Blood star Anna Paquin comes out as bisexual in this star-studded plea against hate crimes created by Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund. The campaign’s website, We Give A Damn, is down at the moment, doubtlessly due to gossip sites freaking out over Paquin’s unanticipated revelation.

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Three Chicago-Area Men Charged With Hate Crimes For Train Attack

In January I told you about Daniel Hauff, the Chicago gay man who fended off three homophobic attackers on Chicago’s public transit by falsely telling them he was HIV-positive. Hauff had come to the defense of a gay kid whom the men had been harassing and was beaten and called a “faggot” for intervening. Yesterday all three men were indicted …

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Brooklyn Activists Stage Kiss-Out In Reaction To Hate Crime

Yesterday gay activists gathered in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood in Brooklyn to stage a “kiss-out” in response to the March 2nd attack on a 22 year-old gay man, who was beaten by cowardly thugs as he left a gay event. The attackers used anti-gay epithets during the attack and are being sought by the NYPD. [Video below] In a separate …

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